Sign up here to get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists.Measuring rain might seem simple, just ...

Thanks to a WH-SP-RG rain gauge, there’s not much to that part ... You can make 3D print a tipping bucket device, too.

[Malte Pöggel] thinks so, and this LoRa rain gauge is the result ... The rain-collection funnel and tipping-bucket mechanism were perfectly usable, and the space vacated by the existing circuit ...

The only moving part in the WS-5000 is the tipping-bucket rain gauge. That dramatically improves its durability for most applications, especially compared to cheaper models like the WS-2902.